The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

